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    Jul 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Pierce College Catalog
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MUSC 182 Intermediate Class Piano (1 credit)



Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities with Performance; General Transfer Elective
Formerly MUSIC 121

Prerequisite MUSC 181 with at least a 1.5 grade or instructor permission.

Course Description
A continuation of MUSC 181 where performers further develop music reading skills, build technical background and apply additional fundamentals of music theory.

Course Content
1.  select minor scales (e.g. a-minor, d-minor, and e-minor harmonic minor scales and arpeggios, and the i, iv, and V7 chords) 2. D-major scale, arpeggios, and the I, IV, and V7 chords. 3.  6/8 time signature. 4.  major, minor, augmented, and diminished triads in root position, and in 1st and 2nd inversions 5. early intermediate-level technique (e.g. proper playing position)

Student Outcomes
 

  1. Play select minor scales
  2. Play single-octave arpeggios
  3. Apply early intermediate level technique
  4. Perform 2 to 4 selections of early intermediate level repertoire for fellow students


Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.

Lecture Contact Hours 0
Lab Contact Hours 20
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20

Potential Methods
1. Performance 2. Instructor observation and feedback 3. Class participation 4. Self-evaluation 5. Aural exam 6. Written assignments 7. Peer review



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